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Afternoon all:See some of my fav posters over here,Have been doing some research on puro,and really like what I see so far..Have bought a small starter position now,and really looking forward to what they have to offer for the coming year..
Hopefully 09 will be fabulous for us!
GREEN GOES MAINSTREAM
The clean- energy movement gained momentum in ways big and small. Consumers turned to reusable shopping bags, and automakers sold about 360,000 hybrid cars (led by Toyoto's
Prius). Solar power grew by at least 30% in 2008. Wind energy had a banner year as well. New projects that began in Texas, Utah, and elsewhere will create 9000 new jobs.Green industries now generate 8.5 million jobs in the U.S., and President-elect Obama has promised an ambitious program to develop an additional 5 million jobs in renewable energy. The Green Jobs Act of 2007, expected to be funded next year, will authorize $125 million to train new workers in needed skills.
From Sunday's Parade magazine
09 should be great for green, but if it goes as fast as 08 it will be over soon.
Hopefully, the new administration follows through with promises.
We are in trouble everywhere, above and below water.
That is a big boy!
Offshore wind project feels economic squeeze
Venture off Belgium seeks financial support from European Union
A tugboat in Ostend, Belgium, on May 22 tows the concrete pillar foundation for a wind farm about 18 miles offshore.
updated 1:52 p.m. ET, Thurs., Dec. 11, 2008
OSTEND, Belgium - Taller than any of the country's soaring cathedrals, six off-shore windmills rise up from the gray, choppy North Sea waters, ready to start delivering green electricity and reward a e$200 million investment.
Once fully operational this month, the C-Power turbines will produce enough power for 60,000 people. The ultimate plan for the farm is more ambitious: To expand the facility tenfold and create the world's largest far-shore wind farm — enough to light up a city of 600,000.
But project manager Filip Martens needs hundreds of millions of dollars in funding — and with the financial crisis putting a break on bank lending — he's turning to a summit of European Union leaders on Thursday and Friday for help.
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"If we want to face our challenges on global warming we have to do something more than only go to see Al Gore's movie," said Martens, referring to the acclaimed documentary about global warming by the former U.S. vice president.
"Of course, this doesn't come for free, but not doing anything will cost us more than investing now that we still have the time for it."
Martens wants EU leaders to come up with support programs that would make it easier to get subsidies or offer loan guarantees to make funding for such projects easier.
Grid connections
And since it depends on fickle wind, he wants EU help to interconnect wind farms into a "trans-European power network" that would improve reliability of power supplies and make wind power more attractive to investors.
Climate change and employment take center stage at the traditional yearend summit in Brussels — held on the last days of an international climate change conference in Poland aimed at drafting a replacement to the Kyoto Protocol on global warming.
Squeezed between green promises and an economy bleeding red, European leaders are in a tough spot: Many feel that expensive climate change goals should be relaxed in favor of the immediate needs of jacking up growth and employment.
Only last year, the EU agreed on an ambitious program to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20 percent from 1990 levels by 2020. Leaders at a March summit also agreed that 20 percent energy used by the 27-nation bloc by 2020 will come from renewable sources like sun and wind.
They became known as the "20-20-20" targets and were music to Martens' ears: The establishment of the European climate commitments came as Martens was locking up investment for the first six C-Power windmills, which tower 600 feet each.
"It came just at the right moment, the pivotal moment," he said. It helped him clinch the first financing, which was led by Dexia bank.
'Risk readiness' has plunged
Now — as he seeks $640 million for 24 new turbines — the European economy is slipping into recession, banks have seen their share prices evaporate and loans have become hard to secure.
"In the market the risk readiness of banks has reduced substantially," said Martens. So negotiating is "more cumbersome, more complex, more time consuming."
The EU has a lot at stake in not letting projects like C-Power falter.
The bloc set the global standard fighting climate change with the "20-20-20" targets and has to prove now it was not bluffing at a time when U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has committed to a major government spend on green projects.
"It is a question of credibility," said European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Tuesday.
But as they enter the Brussels summit, EU nations are divided between those who want to stay the course and those who want softer targets.
Poland is leading a group of nations lobbying to scale down climate change commitments, and together with leaders of eight other coal-dependent eastern European nations, it could turn the summit into an acrimonious cliffhanger.
The problems go beyond the polluting coal belt. Italy, too, is hesitant to stretch its weak economy and wants to dilute the 2007 targets.
That's setting up a major confrontation: "Anything that questions the 20-20-20 targets? No. This, for us, is not negotiable," said Barroso.
That was an interesting site.
Yes, it is awesome!
In 09 reen tech is not a can do thing, but a must do thing!
When I was home last summer in Iowa, I noticed miles of the windmills.
The Asian market wll be huge!
Invest in a Smart Grid. Achieving these aggressive energy efficiency goals will require significant
innovation in the way we transmit electricity and monitor its use. Barack Obama and Joe Biden
will pursue a major investment in our national utility grid using smart metering, distributed
storage and other advanced technologies to accommodate 21st century energy requirements:
greatly improved electric grid reliability and security, a tremendous increase in renewable
generation and greater customer choice and energy affordability. They will establish a Grid
Modernization Commission to facilitate adoption of Smart Grid practices across the nation's
electricity grid to the point of general adoption and ongoing market support in the U.S. electric
sector. They will instruct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish a Smart Grid Investment
Matching Grant Program to provide reimbursement of one‐fourth of qualifying Smart Grid
investments; (2) conduct programs to deploy advanced techniques for managing peak load
reductions and energy efficiency savings on customer premises from smart metering, demand
response, distributed generation and electricity storage systems; and (3) establish demonstration
projects specifically focused on advanced technologies for power grid sensing, communications,
analysis, and power flow control, including the integration of demand‐side resources into grid
I really like this part of your article:
"When you see projections about growth in cleantech, it's important to know we're not just talking about energy anymore," Loy told the Cleantech Group. "We’re talking about water, biomass, recycling, energy efficiency. We’re also now talking about green building materials, and the high tech innovations that are improving infrastructure."
Many energy projects are going to be less attractive to investors than technologies to make motors, trains and grids more efficient, Loy said.
The sweet spot is likely to be companies with proven technologies to reduce energy consumption that need $5 million to $20 million in order to commercialize and reach profitability, Loy said. The Cleantech Group has predicted that energy efficiency is one of the biggest sectors to watch in 2009 (see Nine clean technology predictions for 2009).
The more people are educated, the sooner green technology can be qaccomplished.
All the info we get helps.
PARTNERS
List updated on 12/26/08
(1) Support involving Larry Kristoff
(2) Larry Kristoff - CEO, Carbon Mantra
(3) Information for Mr Larry Kristof
(4) Blog regarding Kristof, Larry
(5) www.mantrakids.com - Electro-Reduction on President & CEO Larry Kristoff
(6) Blog to do with Kristof
(7) Mantra Foundation / Support for Founder of Mantra L. Kristof
(8) Blog for Mantra Sports @ Larry Kristof
(9) Vancouver promoter Larry - Kristof has Blog about MyCarbonClicks
(10) www.mantrasports.com - Mantra Sports
(11) @ Developments for MVTG.OB L. Kristof
(12) ERC-Development regarding President & CEO Larry
(13) Developments for MVTG.OB Larry Kristof
(14) www.mantralifecycle.com @ Information for MVTG Larry
(15) Blog to do with L. Kristof
(16) Mantra - Kids for Carbon - Blog for Chief Executive Officer Kristof, Larry
(17) Projects related to CEO Larry - Kristof
(18) carbon4mantra.com @ Projects for President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Kristoff
(19) Blog regarding Vancouver's Kristof, Larry
(20) Information about MVTG L. Kristof
(21) Chief Executive Officer Kristof has Support for www.carbon4credits.com
(22) Support to do with Larry Kristof
Bio-gas from Biomass
Mankind’s oldest form of thermal energy is from the burning of wood and other Biomass materials. Nowadays, given the concerns about Global Warming and pollution, the incineration of great volumes of biomass fuels generated from farming and forestry is no longer desirable. The modern alternative available to us through technology is to use these fuels in a contained system – a tank or biodigester – where selected bacteria deconstruct the fuels to produce bio-gas (sometimes called synthetic or syngas). This gas can easily be processed into a clean fuel and piped to its end use.Bio-gas from Biomass
Mankind’s oldest form of thermal energy is from the burning of wood and other Biomass materials. Nowadays, given the concerns about Global Warming and pollution, the incineration of great volumes of biomass fuels generated from farming and forestry is no longer desirable. The modern alternative available to us through technology is to use these fuels in a contained system – a tank or biodigester – where selected bacteria deconstruct the fuels to produce bio-gas (sometimes called synthetic or syngas). This gas can easily be processed into a clean fuel and piped to its end use.
Mantra is currently working with a major client that is determined to become carbon neutral. This means that they must compensate for their unavoidable activities, to achieve a “zero net effect”. We have proposed that locally produced agricultural biomass be treated and digested in order to produce bio-gas which meets the industry’s energy needs. A further benefit is that emissions of harmful gases into the environment resulting from decaying agricultural waste are eliminated, and farmers’ need to dispose of the biomass materials is resolved. This project is currently under negotiation.
Mantra is currently working with a major client that is determined to become carbon neutral. This means that they must compensate for their unavoidable activities, to achieve a “zero net effect”. We have proposed that locally produced agricultural biomass be treated and digested in order to produce bio-gas which meets the industry’s energy needs. A further benefit is that emissions of harmful gases into the environment resulting from decaying agricultural waste are eliminated, and farmers’ need to dispose of the biomass materials is resolved. This project is currently under negotiation.
That would be a good way to start the new year!
No, it's not too late, but us humans seem to procrastinate.
Thank yo& enjoy your holiday!
We are lucky to have a co. that is caring and working on the green project, yea, Mantra!
It's too bad the auto industry hasn't been doing more the past years. Now it's a necessity!
Hopefully' they will make a world of difference.
Merry Christmas to all,drive careful & have a safe holiday!
Gads, don't we all? What a Holiday!
Good sign for the future and a great 09!
Sounds like an interesting informative book.
ood luck &drive careful. I cancelled my trip to the midwwest.
Very soon to turn into giant steps!
and beyond in my opinion
thanks much,holding for 09...